According to AACR2 23.2B1, a geographic heading is established in the official language of the country if there is no generally
recognized English form. The accompanying RI emphasizes the need for a recently published gazeteer in the language, and BGN decisions.

This means that almost every geographic heading must change to the vernacular form for each country, e.g. Belarusian towns
in Belarusian, Georgian towns in Georgian, etc.Previously, all geographic names of the Former Soviet republics were established in
Russian (as the official language of the country).

The changes in the language of geographic headings will occur in the following
countries of the Former Soviet republics: